Uncle charged in murder of former Chinese student in Australia
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The uncle of a former Chinese international student who was previously studying in Sydney, has been charged for her murder, a week after her body was found in a national park.
China trains ‘fishing militia’ to sail into disputed waters
BAIMAJING, China (Reuters) – The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into the…
Aleppo bombed as Syrian army begins ‘calm’ plan elsewhere
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Nearly 30 air strikes hit rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Saturday as a temporary “calm” declared by Syria’s military took effect around Damascus and in the northwest.
U.S. says working on ‘specific initiatives’ to de-escalate Syrian violence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is working on “specific initiatives” to reduce the violence in Syria and sees stopping the bloodshed in Aleppo as a top priority, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on Saturday.
Putin reshuffles Russia’s law enforcement structures
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin fired several high-ranking law enforcement officials on Saturday in one of the biggest overhauls of the country’s power structures in recent years.
Bomb attack on Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad kills at least 19: sources
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a car killed at least 19 people and wounded 48 others on Saturday in an attack claimed by Islamic State on a group of Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in a southeastern suburb of Baghdad, Iraqi police sources said.
UK’s ‘Remain’ camp gains ground in EU poll: Opinium
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of British people who want to stay in the European Union has risen over the past four weeks, an online poll by market research company Opinium Research for the Observer newspaper showed on Saturday.
Sadr followers dig in inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, political crisis deepens
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Hundreds of supporters of Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed parliament inside Baghdad’s Green Zone on Saturday and camped out nearby after Sadr denounced politicians’ failure to reform a political quota system blamed for…
Blacklisted oil tanker returns to Libya’s Zawiya port
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – A tanker that Libya’s rival eastern government had been using to try to export oil in defiance of the Western-backed administration in Tripoli returned to the country on Saturday, after it was blacklisted by the United Nations, the …
Canada eager to consider investing in new Montreal rail network – Trudeau
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian government is eager to consider joining the pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec in investing in a new public transport light rail network in Montreal, the third-largest of its kind in the world, Prime Mi…
